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Firefighters in California are putting out flames with sound. LA County Fire and San Bernardino are testing technology that uses sound waves to knock down fires, and they’ve already seen it work. @LizKMPH of @kmphfox26 tells @lyndsaymkeith why California is betting on new tech as FEMA pulls back, and what homeowners are being asked to do. Watch the full story: thenationalpress.com/p/presi…

Not in a flood zone? Insurance attorney Aaron Bass says buy flood insurance anyway. It runs about $300 to $500 a year, and places that have never flooded are flooding now. His advice to @lyndsaymkeith for every homeowner as FEMA steps back: keep money in the bank, and don’t buy a house that makes you poor. Watch the full story: thenationalpress.com/p/presi…

Families in Kerr County, Texas, have flooded twice in two years. The first time, federal help arrived within days. This time they waited three months, and FEMA said no. The donations and volunteers didn’t come back either. @emfoxhall of @TexasTribune tells @lyndsaymkeith what recovery looks like when nobody shows up. Watch the full story: thenationalpress.com/p/presi…

The Pentagon has cleared Homeland Security to test the Active Denial System, a military-grade “heat ray” that fires an invisible beam of millimeter waves up to half a mile, for potential use at the U.S. southern border. The idea has come up before. In 2018, then-DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen rejected a proposal to use it on migrants after officials raised legal and sovereignty concerns, and it was reportedly considered again during the 2020 George Floyd protests. The weapon and the legal questions haven’t changed since then. Who’s in charge has. Get stories like this one straight to your inbox every morning: thenationalpress.com/join

A wildfire in California can raise your homeowners insurance in Florida, Missouri or New York. The reason is reinsurance, the insurance that insurance companies buy for themselves. Insurance attorney Aaron Bass explains to @LyndsayMKeith how those costs trickle down to every homeowner. Watch the full story: thenationalpress.com/p/presi…

“Donald Trump’s FEMA has a message for Americans facing disaster: drop dead.” That’s the quote from Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office as California braces for a record El Niño winter. @LizKMPH of @KMPHFOX26 tells @LyndsayMKeith the state plans to lean on FEMA as little as possible, with 6 million sandbags already staged. Watch the full story: thenationalpress.com/p/presi…

Texas covers about 2% of its own emergency response budget, and Washington covers the other 98%. Gov. Greg Abbott sat on the council that recommended states take the lead. So what’s the plan if FEMA steps back? @emfoxhall of @TexasTribune breaks it down with @LyndsayMKeith. Watch the full story: thenationalpress.com/p/presi…

Researchers took cancer cells from eight patients, grew them on chips and tested chemotherapy drugs. The chips predicted how every one of those patients would respond. 8 out of 8. @lisa_fletch of @7newsdc tells @lyndsaymkeith what organ-on-a-chip technology could mean for cancer treatment, and how soon drugs tested this way could reach human trials. Would you want your treatment tested on a chip first? Watch the full story: thenationalpress.com/p/the-d…

A new Alabama law requires public schools to post the Ten Commandments in common areas and in U.S. history classrooms for fifth through 12th grade, alongside excerpts from the nation’s founding documents. @lyndsaymkeith breaks down what the law requires and why the state says it’s about history. Should the Ten Commandments hang in public school classrooms? Watch the full story: thenationalpress.com/p/the-d…

The man who shot and killed Kalamazoo County Sgt. Ryan Proxmire had been released on cashless bonds twice before. Both times he was out the next day. @JessicaHarthorn of @wwmtnews tells @LyndsayMKeith how Proxmire’s parents started asking questions that led to her investigation. Watch the full story: thenationalpress.com/p/the-d…

A Kalamazoo County woman got a personal protection order against her abusive ex. He violated it, was arrested, and a judge released him the next day. Eight days later, she was stabbed to death. Her mother asks why he wasn’t held for the full 93 days the law allows. @jessicaharthorn of @wwmtnews tells @lyndsaymkeith what her next investigation found about how often protection-order violators walk out the next day. Should judges have less discretion in these cases? Watch the full story: thenationalpress.com/p/the-d…

An Asheville drag queen says an AI-generated attack ad shows her dancing in a barn with congressional candidate Jamie Ager, a man she says she’s never met. Ager calls the ad 100% fake. It’s still running. @lyndsaymkeith explains why political ads get some of the strongest First Amendment protections there are, and why North Carolina doesn’t require them to disclose AI. Should campaigns have to label AI-generated ads? Watch the full story: thenationalpress.com/p/the-d…

Kalamazoo’s chief judge turned down an interview about bond decisions, citing judicial ethics rules. @JessicaHarthorn of @wwmtnews pointed out the judge had done an on-camera interview with her station a couple months earlier. The reply: “My position has not changed.” Jessica walks @LyndsayMKeith through the exchange. Watch the full story: thenationalpress.com/p/the-d…

One Kalamazoo judge let felony defendants out without bail in nearly 70% of arraignments. Another judge in the same court did it in 34%. @JessicaHarthorn of @wwmtnews went through six months of court records and talked to @LyndsayMKeith about what she found. Watch the full story: thenationalpress.com/p/the-d…

Someone in the White House bet on invading Venezuela. Trump’s teleprompter operator bet on what the president would say. Now one Ohio lawmaker wants to ban betting on elections. @jamespilcher of @local12 tells @lyndsaymkeith why prediction markets raise questions about election integrity. Watch the full episode: thenationalpress.com/p/insid…

Heating oil in New Hampshire is up 74% from last year. One woman told us she’ll sleep in her living room this winter because she can’t afford to heat the upstairs. @AhtraElnashar of @TND tells @LyndsayMKeith why voters in the Senate race say they’re voting against a candidate, not for one. Watch the full episode: thenationalpress.com/p/insid…

Washington’s governor wants unarmed, plainclothes National Guard members watching ballot drop boxes this election. Gov. Bob Ferguson made the offer after a 2024 arson fire burned hundreds of ballots in Clark County and officials were sent letters containing white powder. Each county decides whether to opt in, and Thurston County already has. Each county decides whether to opt in. Thurston County already has. Would you want this at your drop box?

We spoke to a Nashua florist hit by tariffs, and a Lakes Region winery that lost its Canadian customers. Both told us they’re planning one day at a time. @AhtraElnashar of @TND tells @LyndsayMKeith what small business owners want from the New Hampshire Senate race. Watch the full story: thenationalpress.com/p/insid…